Lamp-fixture



v1. S. PENNEFAATHER.

LAMP FIXTURE.

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JAMES s. PENNEFATHER, or NEW YORK, N. Y., Assieivoa or ONE-HALF ToWILLIAM E. PRICE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-FIXTURE.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES S.'PENNE FATHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of' New- York, havel invented a new and Improvedconverting a vase into a base for supporting an electric light and shadefixture.

An object of the invention is to provide an adjustable adapter to fitvarious forms,

' shapes, sizes, and heights of vases in order 4the attachment'xture andsupporting an to make the vase support an electric light. The deviceherein described provides' a port.- able electric lamp which will findready and convenient usel in the household and other places. Y

It is a articular object to provide an adjustable Xture simple in designand construction and -which may be readily mounted upon a vase, andwhich will be ornamental in appearance.

With vthe above principal objects andl others in 'view the invention hasrelation to a combination of parts to form a vase attachment forelectric light, an example ofv which is presented inthe followingspecification,.pointed out in the appended claims,

and portrayed in the accompanying draw-Y ings, wherein; Figure 1illustrates a vase provided wit electric light and shade.

Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of the vase with the vase cover removedin order to dis-A close the adjustable attachment arms.-

Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical sectional view as taken on the sectionalline 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows a cover employed to conceal the attachment arms of thefixture, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of F ig.4. f

Fig. 6 illustrates the attachment iiXture applied to a form of vaseslightly varying. in

design from the vase shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3. This vase is presentedto show how,

- the attachment iiXture is universal in application to severaldifferent designs of' vases.

' Figc-f7 `illustrates a side elevation of a sectional zowi'ierf4 or capemployed to conceal the Application filed July 30, 1919. Serial No.314,209.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, llQ;

attachment fixture and to close the vase; and Fig. 8l shows a plan viewof Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 illustrates one section of the cover shown in Figs. '7 and 8applied to a vase.

An electric vlight fixture or attachment for mounting a light and shadeon a vase built according to the plans of my invention, consists of avertical support adjust ablein length and provided with attachment'marmsto engage the rim or lip of a vase. A cover is employed and alight maybe mounted on the top of the vertical support.

y Referring' more particularly to the draw'4 .ings for a detaileddescriptionof this invention, the reference numeral 10 designates atubular support provided witha telescoping rod 11. The lower end of therod is fitted with an anchor base 12 which rests. in the bottom of thevase,and to securelyhold the parts iiil steady position a quantity ofsand or other heavy material may be poured into the vase and packedagainst the anchor base 12 and rod v11. The `tubular support is providedwith a set screw. 14 in order that' the members 10 and 11 may beproperly ad- 'justed in length and fixed vone upon. Athe other to form asubstantial and immovable A hub 15 provided with aiplurality ofradial'arms 1G, is disposed upon the vertical support tube 1 0. Thehub15 is. provided with a set screw 17. .The set screw is set up againstthe tube 10 to hold the hub .and arm j members in fixed position uponsaid tube. Each radial arm is fitted with an`eXtensible clamp arm 18,and a hook 19 is provided on the outer end ofeach extensible arm. Eachextensible member 18 is provided with a slot 20, and a screw 21 isinserted through each slot 2O and threaded into the radial arm 16. Thescrew 21 is set up against the extensiblearm 18 4to hold it in fixedrelation with radial arm 16. The outer hooks 19 are arranged toover-hang the rim or 'lip of the vase, and

then the set Iscrews 21 are screwed tightly against the members to holdall parts in rigid osition. lThe radial arms with vthe extensiblemembers'may be adjusted to vases of varying diameters and thus made ltosupport the tube or staff 10 vin a vertical and substantial position.V

A metal cover 22 is employed to conceal the attachment arms withassociated parts,

and to close the vase. This-cover imay be made in one or two parts asdisclosed 1n the drawings. Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a two-part sectionalcover cap employed to close the vase and conceal the parts of thefixture. The two-part cover cap is `con structed of thin sheet metal,and threaded hub 23 formed., thereon. The cover maybe mounted on themember l and clamped by a nut 24 firmly\ screwed down on the threadedhub. This construction is brought out 'in the Figs. 7, 8, and 9 wherethe numeral 25 points out the two sections of a complete, cover. rfheedges over-lap slightly in order to form a closed joint. The cover isprovided with a hole therein and a ferrule 25u through which a flexiblelamp cord may be passed in order to connect the fixtilre-with anelectric light extension or ceiling light.

Fig. l shows a completed electric lamp fixture constructed along thelines herein disclosed. 'A vase 80 and any suitable electric light shade31 has beenemployed in` connection with the described attachmentfixtures and the resulting combination presents a unique and ornamentalelectric light fixture. The flexible lamp-cord 32 is passed out throughthe cover. No damage whatsoever'accrues to a vasehowever valuable whenused as abase or support for an electric light when constructedaccording to the plans of this invention. The electric light globes andaccessory fixtures 33 are installed in any appropriate way on the upperex-V tremity of the'staff 10.

Fig. 6 shows a type of vase 34 somewhat different indesign to the vaseshown in the other figures of the drawing. In the vase 84 the upperrimturns inwardly rather than outwardly. This -invention takes intoconsideration the various designs of the vases and presents means foruniversally adapting the attachment `fixtures to the several designs ofvases and particularly to the several designs of lips or rims of vases.The

. extensible arms 18 are also provided with hooks 19a. Theselhooks aredisposed oppositely from the-hooks 19, in other words v 'the extensiblearm member 18 is provided on each end thereof withthe oppositelydisposed hook 19a. In applying the attachmentfixture to a vase with anout-turned rim lthe device to attachment ture. It provides' anornamental-lamp of household utility, beauty, and value.

Having thus described .my invention, I l

hereby claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent as follows:

l. An attachment for converting vases into electric lamp fixtures,comprising;`a tubular staff', a rod telescopingly inserted therein,'means for fixing the tubular staff vand rod rigidly one with'the other,a base made on the .lower end of the rod to fit in the bottom .of avase, a hub slidably mounted o n the tubular shade staff, a pluralityof' radial arms integrally formed with the hub, an extensible arm memberfixed and adjustably associatel with each radial arm, an inwardlydown-turned hook formed on one end of the extensible arm, and anup-turned y outwardly directed hook member formed on the other end of anextensible arm adapting signs ofl vase rims. y

.i 2. An attachment for converting vases into electric lamp fixtures,comprising; a tubular staff', a rod telescopingly inserted therein,means for fixing the tubular shade staff-and rod rigidly one with theother, a

with various del base made on the lower end of the rod to.,v

fit in the' bottom of a vase, a hub slidably mounted on the tubularstaff, a plurality. of'

radial arms integrally formed with the hub,

an extensible arm adjustably associatedl with each radial arm, aninwardly downturned hook formed o n one end of the extensible arm, andan 11p-turned outwardly directed hook formed on 'the other end of theextensible -arm adapting the device to attachment with variousA designsof vase rims, and a cover cap employed to `close the vase andcover.thevparts named. Y

3. An vadapter for securing illuminating fixtures to vases, comprising;a rod inserted kin a vase, an anchor base carried on the end of the rodto mount said rod in the vase, a hub on the rod, radial arms on thehub,a clamp arm adjustably relatedwith each radial arm, and a hook madeoneach end of the clamp arm to grasp .the rim of-a vase. 4

f 4.-An adapter for securing illuminating fixtures to vases, comprising;a rod inserted in a vase,- van anchor base carried on the end of the rodto mount said rod in the vase, a hub onthe rod, radial arms on the hub,a clamp arm adjustably related with leach radial arm, a hook made oneach end'of the cla-mp arm to grasp the'rim of avase, and a cover platemounted on the vase to conceal the parts comprising the adapter.

' JAMES S. PENNEFATHER.

